Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-06

q moment after packing away 1Or a
new charge, but, rendered furious
by bis wounds, he gathered all his
energies, and with an nnearthiy cry
rushed with impetuous f0rocity upon
the bear. The latter attempted
to use the tactics that had served
him so we'll at the first onslaught,
but the second charge of the bull
was irresistible, in spite of the bears
terrific blows with his paws, and the
grizzly went down in the dust be-
fore his crazed antagonist, and
vainly tried to defend himself. The
bull thrust his horns in under the
bear, caught him in the belly with
one Of the sharp weapons, and with
one furious sweep of his head tore
the grizzly open until his entralls
pretruded. Then the grizzly rose to
his feet, and with roar that made
my blood run cold, closed with his
terrible enemy, and for a long time
the two fought, their cries and the
cries Of the surrounding cattle being
frightful to listen to.
LOOKING BAD FOR THE BULL.
1.-THE terrible fight continued.
The ground was torn up and con-
verified with blood for many feet
around. Both animals were griev.
vously wounded. 1t was plain
that neither could hold out much
longer. Manned and CORY, they
fought with the certainty of death,
the bear rolling over and over in
the dust, vainly trying to avoid the
fatal horns of his adversary, and the
bull ripping, crushing and tearing
the grizzly with irresistible ferocity.
at last, as if determined to end the
fight, the bull drew back, lowered his
head and made a third terrible
charge, but blinded by the streams
of blood that poured down his face,
he missed his mark, stumbled and
rolled headlong on the ground. In
spite of his frightful injuries aud
great exhaustion, the bear turned
quickly and sprang upon his pros
trate enemy. He seemed to have
been suddenly invigorated BY this
turn Of the battle In his favor.
With merciless sweeps Of his huge
claws he tore flesh in great masses
from the BULBS upturned side. The
advantage the bear thus obtained
over the bull seemed to be under
stood by the herd, and the below
ing increased, dirt was thrown
about in clouds, and one big COW
drew near the struggling animals,
and I believe for moment that she
intended to go to the aid of the
herds PROSTATE leader, so fierce was
the aspect and actions but she sim
ply circled around the bear and the
bull, believing and paving.
"The bull and the bear rolled over
and over in the terrible death strug-
gle. Nothing was now to be seen
but heaving, CORY mass, dimly per-
ceptible through the dust. AS to
weight the two fierce and determined
brutes must have been about equally
matched. The bear had the advan.
tage of greater agility and the ex.
pert and telling use of two terrible
weapons--his teeth and claws
while the bull represented more
flexible courage and greater powers
of endurance. The unfortunate re.
suit of the bulls last charge on the
grizzly indicated that the letters
qualities would in few minutes
more settle the fight against the
bull, and was in momenrary expec-
tation of seeing such termination,
when, to my establishment, / saw the
bear relax his efforts, roll over from
the body of his PROSTATE foe, and
drag himself feebly away from the
spot.
THE GRIZZLY CONQUERED.
The grizzly had no sooner aban-
doned his attack on the bull than
the latter was on his feet, bearing